Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Becker - Page 2

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Last updated on December 11, 2024.

I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere between Herman's Hermits and the Gershwins.

Walter Becker

Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.

Walter Becker

I don't particularly like L.A.

Walter Becker

There was a time in my life when one aspect of my lifestyle called for watching a lot of television.

Walter Becker

I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy and adjust to the new regimen I was setting up for myself.

Walter Becker

ABC had all these schlocky, bubblegum acts, and we had to come up with suitable material for them. In which we were amazingly unsuccessful.

Walter Becker

Our career had a sort of funny shape.

Walter Becker

There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

Walter Becker

The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.

Walter Becker

It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

Walter Becker

When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

Walter Becker

Most of our songs are about relationships.

Walter Becker

In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.

Walter Becker

With 'Aja,' there was a sort of happy conjunction between our tastes and the backgrounds and styles of studio musicians at the time.

Walter Becker

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.

Walter Becker

If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.

Walter Becker

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well-known blues musicians.

Walter Becker

Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Becker - Page 2

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